Poet and Author Joyce Sidman

In the last few weeks, many of the classes have heard the poem titled SPRING in the book, Red Sings from Treetops: a year in color by Joyce Sidman. Ms. Sidman is a wonderful author who writes about the natural world, in short informational pieces as well as in poetry. Her writing really shows how fascinating and beautiful nature can be!

Our Library Media Center has several of her books of poetry. Click on these links for book trailers to see and hear samples of her wonderful books!

Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night 

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature

Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature's Survivors

Marty Kelly!

Wasn't Marty Kelly's presentation wonderful? I really learned a lot about what it means to be an author and illustrator! My favorite part was when he showed the rough drafts of his writing. He sure is a messy writer at first - but remember, he was just getting ideas down, then revising and revising to get his writing just the way he wants it. What was your favorite part of his show?

Here are the Marty Kelly books we have in our Library Media Center:
Spring Goes Squish!
Summer Stinks
Fall Is Not Easy
The Messiest Desk
Twelve Terrible Things
The Rules

Marty Kelly has a website, here. Check it out! If you want to see his Summer Stinks! video again, it's in the music section!

Thank you, NHCS PTO, for bringing Marty Kelly to our school!

Happy Anniversary, Mulberry Street!

On my drive to school this morning, I heard on the radio that it's the 75th anniversary of the first book ever written by Dr. Seuss. He named the book And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street because there was a street by that name in the town he grew up in. He liked the way the word Mulberry sounded! Do you have words like that, words that just sound good to you? I do - serendipity!

After Dr. Seuss wrote the story, he tried and tried but couldn't find any company that liked his book well enough to publish it. At times, Dr. Seuss became so frustrated, he almost destroyed his story and the illustrations! He was turned down 27 different times before he finally found a publisher! Twenty-seven times!

Dr. Seuss sure was persistent! What would his life have been like if he hadn't been? Would your life be different if he hadn't been so persistent?